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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London

Barking 1920

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barking]

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Table: Deaths, y ear 1920, According to a ge and Ward.

Deaths, y ear 1920, According to a ge and Ward.

DiseaseUnder 11—56—1516—2526-4546—65Over 65NorthSouthEastWestTotal
Enteric Fever..........2...1...2......13
Small Pox.................................
Measles582............156315
Scarlet Fever1........................1...1
Whooping Cough12.....................3...3
Diphtheria and Croup58..................310...13
Influenza11248555712226
Erysipelas1............1......2......2
Pulmonary Tuberculosis1239815...31218538
Tubercular Meningitis231............123...6
Other Tubercular Diseases2.........111...1225
Cancer, Malignant Disease............329921119941
Rheumatic Fever.........111......1113
Meningitis121............11114
Organic Heart Disease1...445181881719650
Bronchitis11......126139145533
Pneumonia (all forms)146334517891286
Other Respiratory Diseases............11......11...2
Diarrhoea, &c. (under 2 years)211...............235313
Appendicitis and Typhlitis......11...1......21...3
Cirrhosis of Liver...............1...............1
Alcoholism...............1...............11
Nephritis and Brights Disease......1...134...3429
Puerperal Fever............1............1...1
Parturition, ,apart from Puerperal Fever....................................
Congenital Debility, &c.29...............5910529
Violence, apart from Suicide3221233344516
Suicide.........12...213
Other Defined Diseases12...112224311723292291
Causes ill-defined or unknown............1.........1......1
totals9245212863115856613016786449